pablolie wrote: > I have a rather high powered amp. If I turn the Benchmark DAC2 to 100% > volume the SB Touch can't play at more than 55. I tend to keep the DAC2 > at 50% and that allows me to crank the Touch volume up to 80 (that's > entertainingly loud but not annoyingly loud), but typically more like > 72. Do those setting impact sound quality, in your opinion?
schiff1108 wrote: > There is even a set-up in LMS (Volume control) to keep the volume always > on 100%. FWIW IMO You should never use digital volume control unless as a last resort - as @schliff1108 says enable the fixed 100% volume setting in LMS for the Touch (to disable it's digital attenuation) and use your DAC's volume control if necessary (assume this is digital anyway - but always best to do attenuation at the last point in the chain not the first to minimise flow on artefacts from it). To the best of my knowledge digital volume control effectively drops 'bits' of _resolution_ for each step of db attenuation - so hence why its not ideal and can be noticeable at extremes (i.e low or high volume levels well away from the original recording's playback level). *Hi-Fi 1*: QNAP HS-453DX NAS+QLMS/Allo USBridge Signature+Shanti LPS/Cirrus ESS Sabre 32-bit Reference DAC (Oppo 105D)/Yamaha Aventage CX-A5000/Focal SM9s. *Hi-Fi 2*: Sqbox Touch+Shanti LPS/Focal XS Books. *Hi-Fi 3*: PC+Squeezelite-X+Material Skin/Focal XS Books. *Hi-Fi Misc*: iPeng (iPad/iPhones)/Plantronics BB Pro 2 LE Headphones. *Accessories*: Tchernov -Classic- & Van den Hul ICs; Thor PS10 Power Station; Blue Jeans & Ruleconnect Cables (Power, HDMI, USB & Coaxial); Aurios & Vibrapods. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mycenius's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111714 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
